Who Is Marianne Borgo? French Actor Held Hostage In Her Goa Home

Marianne Borgo is a 75-year-old French actor who has starred in films like A Little Princess and The Divorce. The actor owns a house in North Goa in India and was allegedly held hostage in her own house over a property dispute with a local.

Marianne Borgo recently became a hot topic of news when she shared the story of how she was held hostage in her own bungalow in Panaji's Calangute. She claimed on February 2 that she was leaving the bungalow after being trapped inside it for eleven days.

She claimed that she was held hostage inside the house by the widow of the previous owner of the house who had blocked the gate and cut off the water and electricity supply to her house to get ownership of her property. Here's all you need to know about the actor and the incident.

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Who Is Marianne Borgo?

• 75-year-old Marianne Borgo took her acting training from Conservatoire National d’Arte Dramatique and Centre d’Arte Dramatique. The French actor has featured in many films including The Bourne Identity in 1988, A Little Princess in 1986 and Le Divorce in 2003 and has acted alongside actors like Kate Hudson and Stephen Fry.
• Borgo has also starred in a French thriller series titled Profilage and also in Danny Goes Aum which was an Indian production. The actor recently completed shooting for a TV film in 2023. She was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 38th Film Festival of Alexandria held in 2022.
• Marianne Borgo was born in Paris and suffered from dyslexia as a child. She dreamed of becoming an actor and after much hesitation and resistance from her parents, she finally joined France's Conservatoire National d’Arte Dramatique and was selected among 2000 applicants.
• She played the character of Chimene in her first play El Cid from Corneille.
• Borgo is a member of a project that teaches school-going children the art of short filmmaking that contains social messages. About coming to India, Borgo reportedly once said, "I came to India to become a better human being".
• The actor bought a bungalow in Goa in 2008 and was staying there recently when the widow of the previous owner of the house started creating problems. She also said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is promoting tourism in India, the incident that happened with her left her disappointed with the progress that Goa had made towards welcoming tourists.